The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The calendar turns to a new page.

　After finally returning to his dormitory, Darkdemon washed up and lay on his bed, finally having the chance to summon the system list.

　He glanced at the system series, but couldn't help shaking his head.

　This golden autumn of October, a season of harvest, has even brought a bountiful harvest to this "great sin"!

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　[Arrogance: 91→99]

　Jealousy: 55 → 57

　[Rage: 75→75]

　Laziness: 46 → 44

　Greed: 92 → 96

　[Binge eating: 90 → 93]

　[Paradise: 90→101]

　Comparing the current list with the figures from the end of September and the beginning of October, one can immediately see that the overall number of major crimes has changed dramatically, as if we have gone back to square one.

　But this is often "not a fault of war".

　The inevitable "intense social interaction" brought about by the Academy Championship has led to an unavoidable increase in some "major crime knowledge" values.

　Of these, "arrogance" is the most prominent.

　Later, after winning the academy championship, he received a "gift from the gods," which greatly enhanced his mental power, allowing him to suddenly sense the emotions in the other person's heart.

　The emotions in the other person's heart overlapped with his own, creating a powerful chemical reaction that resulted in a synergy greater than the sum of its parts, leading to a fatal assassination attempt on the unsuspecting Darkdemon.

　As a result, numerical values ​​like "paradise" have become increasingly rare. The ultimate outcome is what we see today.

　"Arrogance" is nearly 100, and "Paradise" is over 100.

　Greed and gluttony are equally formidable.

　Fortunately, he is no longer unnecessarily panicked by the increase in such "serious crimes".

　This is an in-depth analysis of "major sins," and the improvement in the ability to control emotions leads to confidence.

　—Speaking of confidence, it almost added "arrogance" to the list.

　Dark quickly regained his composure, shifted his attention, and recalled the "great sins" he currently possessed.

　In October, he continuously consumed "greed" in order to develop the "Golden Golem".

　As of today, the once abundant reserves of "greed" have dwindled to a surprising two points.

　The "Arrogance" reserve is also down to only 1 point.

　The "Bliss" reserves are increasing, reaching a massive 35 points. Additionally, the "Gluttony" reserves have reached 10 points, enough to craft a "Gluttony I" card.

　One should not be greedy for castles in the air.

　While a Level 1 "Great Sin Card" may no longer enhance Dark's combat power, it is still necessary for analyzing the corresponding Great Sin.

　Furthermore, the "Great Sin Card" of Level III is also the foundation for constructing "Great Sin IV".

　However, there was indeed no need to research the Level I "Great Sin Card". In any case, when he had some free time, Dark planned to try to make a "Gluttony III I" card and prepare for the subsequent "Gluttony IV".

　Unfortunately, there's still no clue about the "Gluttony" rune. Further plans will need to be considered more carefully.

　But right now, the most important thing is to digest all the work at hand and then thoroughly research all the topics that can be studied.

　Improve yourself as much as possible, at least before the "World Cup Duel Challenge" begins.

　After that, I woke up from a nap and it was past noon.

　When Dak arrived at the cafeteria, he found it was packed with people, even though it was past noon.

　It was clear that many students followed his schedule. Everyone partied until dawn before reluctantly going to sleep. The students greeted each other with yawns.

　Some people were talking about the costume party, while others were talking about going to Travelers' Street for Halloween that afternoon.

　Some people were still chattering incessantly about the escape room, the escape room, the escape room. Meanwhile, [Candy Merchant Number One, Dark], who had mysteriously disappeared from the escape room points leaderboard, lowered his eyebrows, immediately making himself invisible, doing his utmost to remain low-key. He then hastily finished his lunch, hurriedly slipped out of the cafeteria, and quickly returned to his dormitory in the tower.

　After making some preparations in his dormitory, he went to the hidden laboratory.

　Professors Cazell and Steven Harvey continued to work tirelessly in the laboratory around the clock.

　Darke has come to claim the prize from the masquerade ball. Professor Cazell was prepared for this.

　When Dark arrived, he simply pulled out a handwritten notebook and handed it to him. The notebook had only two words scribbled on the front: "Mind Reading." Dark thanked the professor and went to the side to look through it. "Ask me if you don't understand anything."

　Professor Cazell said something hastily and then prepared to continue the experiment with Professor Harvey.

　Meanwhile, Dak began to read it carefully.

　About half an hour later, he had read through all the written records.

　Of course, you can't learn "mind reading" just by watching it once. But after watching it, he finally understood Professor Cazell's "mind reading" ability.

　We now have a real understanding. First of all, this "mind reading" is not a racial ability, and it can even be said that it is completely unrelated to racial abilities.

　However, it also does not belong to the category of orthodox magic.

　The driving force behind this "mind-reading" ability is not even magic. Therefore, when Professor Kazel uses his "mind-reading" ability, the other party cannot sense it through changes in magic.

　Finally, while this "mind-reading" ability is affected by the strength of one's mental power, it is not driven by mental power.

　Its core is alchemy!

　After tracing its origins, this seems quite reasonable. After all, the only remaining alchemy master of our time possesses the ability to "read minds." But this "mind-reading" ability also doesn't belong to alchemy.

　It is an alchemical derivative based on the analytical abilities of the "Eye of Truth," and is an original spell created by Professor Kazel.

　There are two conditions for learning this "mind-reading" ability. The first is to master the "eye of truth".

　Secondly, they possess the corresponding talent.

　It was only recently that Dac barely met the requirements.

　In the early stages of learning, it is necessary to use the "Eye of Truth" as an aid.

　In the later stages, after mastering the techniques, one can "read minds" even without activating the "Eye of Truth".

　[Mind Reading] There are two conditions for success. First, the strength of one's mental power must be higher than that of the other person. Second, the level of one's soul must be higher than that of the other person.

　The second condition can be roughly understood as "being of a higher rank than the other party." Professor Kazel's mental strength may not be the strongest level that Dark knows of.

　But his spiritual level was extremely high.

　Although he never mentioned it himself, Dark could roughly guess that when he was in an adventure team with Professor Lily and others, he must have had an experience that allowed his soul to be elevated to a higher level.

　An alchemist capable of opening the "Gate of Truth." A terrifying existence, both in the past and the future.

　Professor Cazell's current situation is likely due to insufficient hardware resources, which limits his performance.

　If given the opportunity to transform himself, his future would be unimaginable. But he clearly has no ambition for it.

　Ultimately, he lacked some intrinsic motivation. But let's leave that aside.

　After a moment of reflection, Dak opened the notebook again, preparing for a second reading.

　This time, he was extremely perceptive and discovered the secret hidden between the lines of that notebook.

　Although the cover of the notebook says "mind reading," the original name of this ability was probably not "mind reading."

　For some unknown reason, Professor Cazell concealed the original name of this "mind-reading" ability.

　Furthermore, the driving force behind this "mind-reading" ability is none other than "mental power."

　In other words, its essence is a kind of "mind technique".

　After reading it a second time.

　In Dark's mind, the full picture of this "mind-reading" ability gradually emerged.

　Professor Kazel did not specify the nature of "psychic powers" in his description. This wasn't because he lacked understanding of "psychic powers," but rather because…

　Dak began reading it for the third time.

　After reading it for the third time, Dark finally figured out the origin of this "mind-reading" ability.

　The reason why "psychic power" was not specified in the description is simply because Professor Cazell used emotions as a driving force when he created this mind-reading technique.

　To describe it in a more fairytale-like way, it's "the power of love." It's based on a simple goblin's understanding of...

　A little fairy's innocent love led to the creation of a secret technique to read the other person's mind.

　"Warrior of Love, Kazel..."

　After deducing this result, Dac was at a loss for words.

　He even deduced the eventual fate of this mind-reading technique from between the lines.

　Professor Cazell likely developed it on a whim, then felt that using this mind-reading ability on someone he liked was extremely offensive.

　Therefore, it has never been used.

　For the same reason, he never uses "mind reading" unless absolutely necessary.

　The fact that he could so casually teach Dark the "mind-reading" technique under these circumstances speaks volumes.

　A warm feeling welled up in Dak's heart.

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　Dark, of course, would not betray Professor Cazell's trust by misusing this "mind-reading" technique.

　After a moment's thought, he opened his notebook again and read it for the fourth time.

　He had already read it three times before, but each reading brought him new insights.

　And this fourth reading was no exception.

　After reading it four times, Dark finally grasped the basics of how this "mind-reading" technique worked. And soon after, he gained an even deeper understanding—this [mind-reading] technique seemed tailor-made for him!

　He didn't know whether Professor Cazell had made adaptive adjustments based on his specific circumstances, or whether this "mind-reading" technique was inherently like that.

　In short, he did not experience any substantial obstacles in the process of learning this "mind-reading" skill.

　Even before dinner time arrived, he felt that he had already grasped the basics of how "mind reading" worked.

　"I feel like it's a bit too simple..."

　After closing the notebook, Dak looked down at his toes, feeling somewhat lost.

　In his imagination, "mind reading" should be a more mysterious and profound spell, with a learning curve that is at least far more difficult than "the spell of the underworld god".

　But the final result was that it was even simpler than "Netherworld Art". Moreover, Dark could clearly sense that the speed of improvement in "Mind Reading" was definitely higher than that of "Netherworld Art".

　It is not a spell that requires "slow and steady progress" to advance further.

　"Let's find someone to try it out first."

　After a brief moment of surprise, Dak quickly got to the point.

　He first touched the card pack, but then withdrew his hand, not using the "Magic Spirit" to experiment with "mind reading".

　After all, his goal in learning "mind reading" was to use it on people, not on magical spirits.

　Moreover, he can read the thoughts of magical spirits even without using "mind reading," which can easily lead to errors.

　Since magical spirits are not being used, it seems that there is only one other experimental subject left in this secluded place.

　After a moment's hesitation, Dak pushed open the door and went out.

　Then, he quickly arrived at the laboratory.

　Push the door open and enter.

　Besides the two "isotopes" and the two professors, there was only one other person left in the laboratory—Shirley Augustine!

　Shirley was very interested in the research that Professors Cazell and Harvey had been conducting these past few days.

　Therefore, whenever she has free time, she goes to this laboratory. Now is the perfect time to use her for a "mind-reading" experiment.

　But as soon as Dark brought her to his side, he suddenly realized that Shirley Augustine was not human either!

　Although she now wears a human skin, her essence has not changed; she is still a "parasite."